Shadow Ballads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZQwffbT9Go&t=616s

Shadowy Apartments #9

Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese
1976

Gotta Be That Way

          I think the way to stop it is to shrug it off. Or to take it with your tongue in your cheek. Sure, that's the system. At any rate, it's the system that works for you. It's the automatic control board that keeps you out there where nothing matters, where it's only you and the keyboard and nothing else. Because it's gotta be that way. You gotta stay clear of anything serious.

David Goodis

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John Baeder

Away from the Maze

         It's like pulling away from the maze. While you're in the maze, you go through willy nilly turning where you think you have to turn ; banging into the dead ends. One thing after another. But you get some distance on it, and all those twists and turns, why, they're the shape of your life, it's hard to explain. But seeing it whole gives you some peace.

The Man Who Wasn't There
(Ed Crane)
2001

Always There

Loneliness is the coat you wear

A deep shade of blue is always there

Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

(Crew/Gaudio)

Walker Brothers

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NigelVan Wieck

Children in the Shadows

The Window

Godfather II

Night of the Hunter

Gloria (1980)

Mildred Pierce

Brick (2005)

The Hunted (1952)

Taxi Driver

Moonrise

Unfaithful Wife

Fallen Idol

Dance with a Stranger

Gun Crazy

Walkabout

The Silence (1963)

Once Upon a Time in America

Third Man

Carnivale

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via Noirsville.blogspot.com

Tapping the Source

Feel Comfortable

                     'You know, i never feel comfortable on these sort of things, victims ?'

Harry Lime -
Third Man
1949

Nancy

 

Nancy with the Laughing Face
(Van Heusen/Silvers)
Greg Fishman & Jeremy Monteiro

Peter Hannan

Dance with a Stranger

Wake in Fright

Insignificance

A Dangerous Summer

Performance (1970)

Walkabout

A Losing Hand

Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than i could stand
Love is a losing hand
Self-professed, profound

Til the chips were down
I know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand

Love is a Losing Game
(Winehouse)
Amy Winehouse

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Dita Von Teese 

Even Bad Luck is Some Kind of Luck #159

Le Dos Au Mur

The Yakuza

Lured

The Conformist

Reign of Terror (Black Book)

Angel Heart

Mr Arkadin

Carol

Detour

Nickel Ride

Dementia

Insomnia (1997)

Killers Kiss

In the Mood for Love

Criss Cross

Vertigo

Torment (1944)

Romeo is Bleeding

Strangers on a Train

Postman Always Rings Twice

Knife in the Water

Body Heat

I Want To Live

Night Clerk